Don’t blame fast food for making you fatMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:23AMWhat if steaks were healthier than strawberries, and ice cream a better weight-loss tool than carrots? It's time to rethink what you know about the food you eat.
Natural World, BBC2, 8pmTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:17PMThis captivating documentary tells the story of a remarkable killer whale called Luna, who seems to have been inspired by Flipper, the 1960s TV series about a crime-solving dolphin.
Lair of the Beasts: The Island of BloodSaturday, February 6, 2010 @ 2:26AM Back in the latter part of 2005, I traveled to the island of Puerto Rico for a week with good friend and Canadian film-maker, Paul Kimball, of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Red Star Films...
Male bodygrooming hits below the beltFriday, February 5, 2010 @ 3:45AMThe hairier sex has launched a high-tech war against the mercilessness of male genetics.
Where the wild things have glass eyesThursday, February 4, 2010 @ 10:43PM“Can you believe that you are serving yourself sugar out of turtle?” Morgan Mavis says. I pause, my hand holding a demi-spoon in mid-air as if I’m about to cast a spell on a preserved turtle with sweetener in its hollowed-out shell. A visitor to Mavis’s Toronto apartment should come to expect these things. The 29-year-old operates The Contemporary Zoological Conservatory, the city’s only ...
Brain study may yield better treatment for brain injuries associated with stroke and heart attackTuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 4:18AMTwo University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report in the Dec. 9 issue of NeuroReport (now on-line) that adult naked mole rat brain tissue can withstand extreme hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, for periods exceeding a half-hour -- much longer than brain tissue from other mammals.
It’s a grolar, the climate-change polar bearSaturday, November 21, 2009 @ 4:58PMEND: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> POLAR bears face a new threat besides melting ice — male grizzly bears are moving into their te...
It’s a grolar, the climate-change polar bearSaturday, November 21, 2009 @ 3:25PMPOLAR bears face a new threat besides melting ice — male grizzly bears are moving into their territories, competing for food and are even mating with their females.
Cancer awareness PSA off baseTuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 4:07AMRich Coleman is a senior majoring in journalism and is The Daily Collegian's Tuesday columnist. His e-mail address is rmc5074@psu.edu.
Maggie Smith recounts cancer battleMonday, October 5, 2009 @ 5:23PMBritish Harry Potter actress Maggie Smith fears taking to the stage again after suffering breast cancer, which left her bald during filming of the last Potter movie, she said in an interview out Monday.
Film ShortsThursday, October 1, 2009 @ 9:56AMBright Star (PG) Jane Campion's admirable but frustrating historical romance stars Ben Whishaw as the poet John Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne, the woman he fell in love with shortly before his death.
This Weed KillsSunday, September 13, 2009 @ 11:07PMPoison hemlock is the focus of our thirdond story in the Space Invaders series.
Poison Hemlock: This Weed KillsSunday, September 13, 2009 @ 11:07PMPoison hemlock is the focus of our thirdond story in the Space Invaders series.
British woman saves Bangkok's street dogsThursday, August 27, 2009 @ 1:05PMThe "Seven Dwarfs" were left in a box beside a garbage bin last January. But that's when volunteers from Bangkok's Soi Cats and Dogs animal charity spotted them.If they hadn't, the seven black-splotch...
People making a difference: Sheridan ConisbeeMonday, August 17, 2009 @ 4:00AMThe "Seven Dwarfs" were left in a box beside a garbage bin last January. But that's when volunteers from Bangkok's Soi Cats and Dogs animal charity spotted them.
Vying for Ronaldo's affectionsThursday, August 6, 2009 @ 2:20PMToronto is buzzing with the arrival of 24-year-old soccer heartthrob Cristiano Ronaldo, an A-list celebrity on the pitch and the nightclub scene.
Are smooth or hairy men more attractive to women?Thursday, July 30, 2009 @ 7:54AMCandid pitches targeting average Joes show that 'manscaping' is becoming mainstream. But new data from market researchers and academia suggests more men are giving it a try.
Are smooth or hairy men more attractive to women?Thursday, July 23, 2009 @ 2:11AMThe loudest voices arguing that men will have greater success in dating by eliminating body hair are the creators of the five-blade shavers, multitasking gels and gadgets designed for shaving in the shower. But new data from market researchers and academia suggests more men are giving it a try.
MANSCAPINGWednesday, July 22, 2009 @ 1:44PMMore men are shaving and waxing areas below their necks. But does going hairless create "the greatest dating weapon" or a sleek turnoff? have you considered
Smooth Operators: Some Men Bare AllTuesday, July 21, 2009 @ 2:40AMBy CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS THE NEW YORK TIMES American women didn't shave their armpits en masse until the 1920s, after a perfect storm of sleeveless dresses and a barrage of advertisements by depilatory makers characterized underarm hair as ugly.
Will body hair-removal for men attract women?Sunday, July 12, 2009 @ 11:23PMAmerican women didn't shave their armpits en masse until the 1920s, after a perfect storm of sleeveless dresses and a barrage of advertisements by depilatory makers characterized underarm hair as